Presenter
Presented by Mr. Kraus
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works to enter into a Project License Agreement with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy in connection with park and recreational improvements to McKinley Park and authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works to expend certain funds in connection with such improvements.
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 285 of 1998, effective May 29, 1998, the City entered into a Cooperation Agreement, dated April 10, 2000 with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ("PPC") to establish an alliance to provide infrastructure improvements, special care, and restoration for the City's four regional parks: Frick, Schenley, Highland and Riverview; and where possible, to also assist in the capital and operational improvement for non-Regional neighborhood park areas; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 364 of 2011, effective May 26, 2011, the City and the PPC agreed to extend the term of the Cooperation Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the PPC now desires to volunteer its services pursuant to said Cooperation Agreement, and has offered to provide park and recreational improvements to McKinley Park (the "Project");
WHEREAS, the PPC and City now wish to enter into a Project License Agreement to define the scope of the services to be provided:
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Parks and Recreation and Public Works are hereby authorized to enter into a Project License Agreement with the PPC pursuant to which the PPC will provide park and recreational improvements to McKinley Park. The form and substance of the Project License Agreement shall be subject to the approval of the City Solicitor.
Section 2.
In conjunction with the Project work provided by the PPC, the Director of the Department of Public Works is authorized to assist with the Project and to expend an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the installation of required traffic controls and site furnishings as further detailed in the Project License Agreement. Such funding will appropriated from and charged to the following account:
Park Reconstruction 2012 Funds
JDE JOB NO. 4024500012 Item# 1419 Amount $50,000.00